Medical professionals and facilities are meant to help us regain our health, and when the treatment they provide instead leaves us injured, it is an especially difficult situation. Medical professionals owe patients a standard of care, and when they fail to meet this standard, it can be medical malpractice.
We turn to medical professionals when we need their expertise and care to help us regain our health and well-being. When their treatment doesn’t go as planned, and we end up being injured in the process, it can be devastating. In fact, as patients, we’re exceptionally vulnerable, and being injured by the medical care we seek can feel like a betrayal. If you or someone you love has been injured by a medical professional and/or medical facility’s malpractice, seek the professional legal counsel you need by consulting with an experienced Columbus medical malpractice attorney.
Medical Malpractice in Ohio
In Ohio, medical malpractice is an important branch of law that addresses patients who are injured as a result of either the medical care provided by a medical professional, such as a doctor or nurse, or as a result of the practices of a medical institution, such as a hospital or surgery center.
Medical malpractice, however, goes beyond this limited definition, and the medical professional or institution in question must have failed to live up to the standard of care owed you (referred to as a breach in this standard). This standard of care refers to the generally accepted medical practices and procedures that medical professionals as a whole administer when treating patients with similar health concerns (who are also in the same general health and age group).
